Shipping-crate.



H. LEIMAN. SHIPPING CRATE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1913.

1,097,450. Patented May 19, 1914.

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SHIPPING-CRATE.

noomcow Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed November 15, 1913. Serial No. 801,253:

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY LEIMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of I-lillsboro and State of Florida have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Grates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invcntion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in box and crate construction, and an object of the invention is to provide a crate construction wherein all of the securing means are accessible from within the box only, so that it will not be possible to disassemble the box from the outside without doing such damage to the box as would come to the notice of one receiving the box.

41 further object of the invention is to provide an improved end construction of boxes wherein means are employed for reinforcing the interlocking portions of the box structure.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and ar angements of the parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box complete showing sealing means; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through one corner of the box showing the parts in spaced relation to each other; F19. 8 is a similar view showing the parts assembled; Fig. 1 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of the invention; while Fin. 5 is an assembled view of Fig. 4c.

The present invention aims generally to provide a bead slotted to receive the side of a box, and in order to make the securing of the side to the bead more perfect, there is carried by the side a metallic strip running substantially the full width of the side and engaging one side of the bead throughout the length thereof. The end of the box is secured to said bead and one side of the metallic strip is interposed between the bead and the end, the securing means for the end passing through the metallic strip.

In order that a more complete description is to be had, reference is made to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 of the drawing shows a common form of crate or box which may be equipped with the present invention, and it is understood that the prcsent invention is not con corned with the structure of the box as a whole, but is concerned with the corner con struction of said box. Suitable cords 1 may be passed in and. out of the several boards comprising the sides of the box and may be sealed as at while any other method of sealing additional to the cords 1, or replacing the same may be used. Each end of the box is formed as shown with a bead 3, shown in detail in F igs. 2 to 5, inclusive. Referring to Fig. 2, wherein the preferred form of the invention shown, it will be seen that the bead 3 has an extending projecting end 4 which extends beyond the face. 5, while there is formed between the projection 1 and the face 5, a slot 6. The head may be made of any approved form which will be sufficiently strong and may be made of any suit able material. The sides of the box as shown at 7, has the end thereof adapted to pass into the slot 6, while there is secured to said side a metallic strip of material 8, havin; one side 9 secured to the side by means of nails, or other suitable means 10, while there is extending at right angles to the side 7, a portion 11 of the metallic strip which is designed to engage the flat surface 5. It is to be understood that the distance between the perpendicular portion 11 of the metallic strip and the end of the side 7, is substantially of the depth of the slot 6 with reference to the face 5. The end 12 may be made of any approved material and has the end thereof projecting to the portion 9 of the metallic strip. As shown in Fig. 3, when it is desired to assemble the construction shown in Fig. 2, the side 7 will have the end thereof inserted completely within the slot 6 so that the perpendicular side 11 of the metallic strip 8 lies between the face 5 and the adjacent portion of the end 12. By means of nails or other suitable means shown at 13, the end 12 may be secured to the head 3 and inasmuch as the strip 8 is secured to the side 7, it will be understood that the securing devices 13 are effective in holding not only the ends 12 to the heads 3, but also hold the sides 7. Of course it will be entirely possible to use additional securing means as shown at 1 1, but these securino; means will be accessible from without, although they would serve to strengthen the box unless they had been withdrawn by some one making an efiort to enter the box.

Referring to Fig. at, it will be seen that the bead 3 is formed as in the preferred form of the invention, but the metallic strip instead of being of a simple sheet of angle iron as shown in Fig. 2, is modified to take the general form shown at in Fig. 4. It will be seen that the end of the side 7 which enters the slot 6, is completely inclosed by means of the metallic strip 15 which is secured by means of nails or other means 16 to the side 7, but there is provided a pro jecting portion 17 similar to the corresponding portion 11 shown in the preferred form. The securing means 16 may be made in any manner desired, and may secure the strip 15 from both sides of the side 7. By referring to Fig. 5, itwill be seen that the metallic strip 15 is so formed in the modified form of the invention that when the entire strip is assembled no portion of the metallic sheet projects beyond the bead 3. Nails 18 may be used for securing the end 12 to the bead 3 in the modified form of the invention. In both of these forms of the invention it will be seen that a strip of metal is interposed bet-ween the inside and outside of the box, and it will be further seen that by securing the end 12 to the bead 3, the side 7 is effectively held.

What I claim is:

1. A corner construction for crates comprising a slotted bead, a side portion the end of which is received by the slot of the bead, a metallic strip secured to the side and having an end projecting away from said side adjacent the bead, an end member substantially at right angles to the side, and means for securing the end to the bead, said means passing through the metallic strip.

2. A box construction comprising a side member, a metallic strip secured to and extending from the side member, an end member substantially at right angles to the side member adjacent the extending end portion of the metallic strip, and means passing through the end member and the metallic strip into the bead for holding the same assembled, one of said members adapted to enter a slot formed in the bead.

3. A box construction comprising a slotted bead, a box member adapted to enter the slot of the bead, a second box member extending substantially at right angles to the first-mentioned member, a metallic strip secured to the first mentioned member and extending between the other member and the bead, and securing means passing through the other member and metallic strip into the bead.

4:. A box construction comprising a side member, an end member substantially at right angles thereto, a metallic strip secured to one of said members having an extending portion adjacent the other member, a bead, and means for securing together the bead, the projecting end of the metallic strip and the end member, said bead provided with means for preventing lateral movement of the side.

5. A box construction comprising a slotted bead, a side member the end of which is received by the slot of the head, a metallic strip secured to the side adapted to extend around the end of the side and engage the walls of the slot, a projecting end extending from the metallic strip, an end member, and means for securing the end member and the extending end of the metallic strip and bead together.

- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE LEPPERT.

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